Corridor decoration: wall decor options, interior decoration examples, design photos

The corridor is the first room that people enter when entering from the street. Its decoration should combine the beauty and taste of the owner, as well as the quality and strength of materials and furniture.

To choose the method of finishing the walls of the corridor, it is necessary to study the features and advantages of each type of decorative material

Features of finishing the corridor

The hallway serves as a place where people take off their clothes when they come from the street and gather before leaving the house. It should be roomy and comfortable, households should not crowd in it and bump into walls or furniture. How to decorate the corridor depends on its size.

In a small hallway, you can put a narrow cabinet with mirrored doors to visually increase the space, or hang hooks directly on the wall in a minimalist style. A high shelf nailed to the wall, hooks under it, and a small bench for shoes with an upper level in the form of a bench on which you can sit down will look good.

The mirror cabinet will completely transform the hallway, visually expand the walls and create an original play of light

It is easier to find furniture in a large hallway. Here you can put a wardrobe, a dressing table, and a long wall. There are a lot of options for decorating the corridor, if space allows, place an additional cabinet or chest of drawers to put all sorts of little things - keys, bracelets, sunglasses, scarves, caps, etc.

It will be easier to beautifully decorate a spacious hallway if you clearly follow the chosen style direction

When finishing a corridor in an apartment or house, you need to take into account the general style of housing, select colors to match. Two tips will help to visually make the hallway pleasant and cozy:

1. A small corridor will look good in pastel colors. You can diversify it by choosing a pattern in the form of geometric shapes. Mirrors add light, and if you need to separate the hallway from the nearest room, then use translucent sliding doors.
2. Zone a long corridor with furniture, arches or ceiling beams. It is better not to pile up furniture, choose modest options in light colors.

The corner of the corridor can be made interesting by installing a cabinet there with painted doors or by hanging a decorative mirror, which is important for a small space. In an average square corridor, standard corner furniture, any colors, will be more appropriate.

Fashionable and budgetary renovation of walls in a tasteful hallway is not a problem now. Designers offer a lot of types of furniture, manufacturers - a variety of materials for the floor and walls, so it remains to choose according to your taste.

Wall finishing options

How to decorate the corridor is an important point, which primarily concerns materials. You need to choose durable products so that the floor can be easily washed, the wallpaper repels dirt and does not absorb moisture, and the lighting made it possible to “quickly set up a marafet” before going out.

When choosing a wall decoration, it is not enough to rely only on your own taste, you need to take into account the characteristics of materials

The decoration of the corridor is different for private houses and apartments. For the former, you need to choose the most durable and easily washable materials, since a person immediately brings all the dirt into the house, and does not leave part of it in the vestibule or on the staircase.

Wallpaper decoration

Wallpapering the corridor walls is a cheap, simple and good option for a hallway of any size and purpose. A Khrushchev house or a country cottage, a corridor with wallpaper will be elegant and neat if you choose the right design. There are no strict requirements in the color scheme, although most prefer light (beige, cream, coffee, white) or dark tones (burgundy, brown, dark green, black, dark purple). It is difficult to find beautiful wallpaper for the corridor in bright colors.

A huge assortment of wallpapers allows you to make the interior of the hallway really interesting

When choosing wallpaper, opt for washable, wear-resistant materials. Wallpaper with patterns has proven itself well. They allow you to hide flaws - splashes of dirt, constant leaning, clues from waving an umbrella or bag. And if there are children in the house, then they will perfectly hide all traces of their active stay in the hallway immediately after the street.

What wallpaper options are there, and how to choose them correctly:

• With a lack of lighting and space, glossy wallpapers in light colors are needed. They fit easily even on uneven walls.
  

  Beige wallpaper with a barely noticeable pattern in a narrow corridor

• Wallpaper with a large pattern, as well as stylized wood, brick or stone, are suitable exclusively for large hallways. They are heavy in appearance, so they will be inappropriate in a small room. If the walls are oblique or with obvious roughness, then you need to abandon such wallpaper.
  

  Wallpaper under white brick in the hallway of the Scandinavian style

• Wallpapers made from natural materials are selected for the style of the room: velvet for retro, bamboo for eco-style, silk for vintage, etc.
  

  Bamboo wallpaper in an eco-style hallway

In the large hallway, you can safely use your favorite wallpaper with large drawings

Decorating with decorative stone

Decorating the interior of the hallway with a stone looks rich and elegant. Designers advise choosing not natural, but artificial material for wall decoration. It costs much less, but in fact it is stronger and better withstands temperature changes.

In a small hallway, a stone framing of a doorway will look spectacular

You can lay out a pattern from stone or cover only one of several walls with it. The color of the material must be chosen to match the room. See how well the chosen option will match the floor finish. And it is better not to combine several types of stone, but to dwell on one.

Wood trim

The idea of ​​decorating the walls of the hallway with wood will not only give the room comfort, but also make it really warmer. But wooden walls look appropriate only in some styles - country, Provence, Russian hut. But this material cannot be written into modern or high-tech.

Light wood wall decoration, complemented by bright decor

Dark wood paneling in the hallway of a country house

There is another option for decorating the walls in the corridor - using solid wood panels, but you need to be careful with them so as not to overdo it. This design is suitable for large massive corridors with laconic furniture, so as not to overload the visual environment.

MDF panels

MDF panels are quite strong and durable, they imitate solid wood and look good in any room size. For modest hallways, the best option is a light wide panel, and for large corridors there are many options. This finish is often used in Provence and Country styles. Decorating the walls in the corridor with panels will increase the space, which is important for narrow hallways.

Composite panels can have different colors and textures

And others

Finding what to decorate the walls in the corridor with in addition to wallpaper is not difficult. Even plastering and painting may be appropriate. Although these materials are not the most durable and require periodic updates, in some cases they can even be advantageous. Plus they are cheap.

For painting the walls of the hallway, it is worth choosing waterproof compounds that can withstand repeated washing from dirt

Floor finishes examples

A number of requirements are imposed on the material used for finishing the floor in the corridor:

1. Resistant to moisture.
2. Resistance to chemical agents (salt, etc., which is often used in winter and is brought into the hallway with shoes).
3. High wear resistance for long service life.
4. The ability to hold a lot of weight.
5. It washes well and is difficult to get dirty (the grooves are clogged with dirt, and it is directly absorbed into the linoleum).
6. Environmental friendliness and safety.

It is worth choosing for external qualities. The coating should be pleasing to the eye and fit into the design.

Floor options

To finish the floor in the corridor use:

• Linoleum - it is better to take homogeneous, painted over the entire surface, durable and non-slip.
  

  It is better to close the back of the corridor with linoleum, and use a more durable material for the entrance area, for example, tiles

• Tile - quartz vinyl is most often used for corridors, as it has all the necessary qualities and can last for decades. Ceramic also tolerates loads well and is easy to clean, but you need to choose the option for the floor (it has increased strength).
  

  The color of ceramic tiles is selected based on the size of the corridor

• Natural stones are best granite, although not cheap. Marble will not withstand for a long time and will quickly begin to lose its quality under the influence of chemical agents.
  

  The stone flooring will fit perfectly into the rustic interior

• Laminate - has a service life of up to 15 years and a lot of color options. The advantage of such a coating is that you can install it yourself.
  

  When choosing a laminate, you should take into account the wear resistance class - the material intended for public places will last the longest

• Parquet is a finicky material that requires frequent maintenance. If you have already decided to trim the floor in the corridor with it, then choose boards from ash, oak, birch, beech.
  

  Parquet is often chosen for the floor of the corridor in the classic style.

Some people use carpet to decorate the floor in the hallway; it is soft, beautiful, but absolutely not practical. It will need to be constantly cleaned of dirt, stains quickly eat in, and the pile can crumple where people constantly wear shoes. Therefore, it can be used only if shoeing takes place in the vestibule, otherwise it is solid nerves.

Creating lighting in the room

Hallways rarely have access to street light, and therefore you need to try to replace the lack of sun with artificial lighting. Basic Rules:

1. Since it is light in the daytime in other rooms, it should be light in the corridor from the lamps.
2. Powerful ceiling lights will save space and electricity costs.
3. If possible, install mirrors and transparent partitions, they reflect light.
4. In narrow corridors, it is better to direct the light upward rather than at the walls.
5. In large hallways, several types of lamps can be installed. So less electricity consumption and more parts.

The chandelier must be in the hallway, the size depends on the room. Also, small lamps can be built into the ceiling around the perimeter, and a suspended ceiling can be made directly above the entrance with separate lighting. If the style permits and the corridor is long, then wall lamps will be appropriate along the wall.

One small chandelier is enough to illuminate a small hallway.

In a long corridor, it is better to use several overhead lamps.

The choice of furniture in the corridor

When choosing furniture in the corridor, the following nuances are taken into account:

1. For small spaces, narrow wardrobes or dressers are needed.
2. For large hallways, it is quite possible to install a wardrobe, especially if there is a niche in the room.
3. The style of the furniture in the hallway should match the style of the rest of the home.
4. Furniture with mirrored surfaces and in light colors visually increases the space, while dark furniture reduces it.
5. There is little space - we hang everything and fasten it to the wall, nothing is placed on the floor except a shelf for shoes.

Correct placement

The arrangement of furniture depends entirely on the size of the corridor. Here it is impossible to highlight the key rules right away, but you can give a number of tips:

• In a narrow corridor, furniture should not be placed on the entire wall, and cabinets should be replaced with hooks at all.
  

  In a narrow corridor, a niche with a hanger can be an excellent alternative to bulky cabinets.

• If the hallway is small, then it is better to combine several items - a shoe cabinet and a chair, a wardrobe with shelves and a mirror.
  

  Open hanger and compact hanging cabinet in a high-tech style hallway

• In a large hallway, you need to fill the space, so here you should not skimp on furniture, but it is better to install it so that one wall remains free.
  

  Bright and spacious entrance hall in classic style

Furniture manufacturers offer versatile options for different types of spaces. Already in the catalogs it is described for which corridor a cabinet or cabinet is suitable.

There are a lot of options for finishing the corridor and hallway for different styles of housing. You can look at and choose from the most popular sketches, or just take note of unusual solutions and details. In case of complete reluctance or impossibility to independently choose a design for the corridor, you can contact the professionals.

Brick wall decoration in the loft style hallway

The decoration of the corridor does not have to be trusted by designers. You can rely on your taste, use the tips described above and choose everything from coverings to furniture. And it is not necessary to take the most expensive goods, budget items are now produced of very good quality.

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Photos of corridor decoration ideas